Hinge



J. SOSS Feb. 19 -1Z4.

HINGE Filed Nov. 2l. 1921 Patentedli'eb. 19, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH SOSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HINGE.

Application led November 21,1921. Serial No. 516,593.

To all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Soss, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of -New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of

which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hin and articularly to what are known asinvisible inges, and the object of the invention is to provide asimproved butt construction for hinges of this class lwhereby theattachment of the hinge butts to a door or swinging member and doorframe or stationary support may be materially simplied as wel as theproper alining or mounting of a door or swinging member in a door frameor support; and with this and other objects inl view the inventionconsists in a hinge of the class and for the purpose specified which issimple in construction and operation andeiiicient-in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accom panying drawing forms a part, in which the separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersl.in each of the views, andy in which Fi 1 is a partial side View of adoor and oor frame showing my improved lock construction mounted thereinwith part of the construction broken away and in section;

Fig. 2 a side edge view of a door frame with the door in an openposition and showing my improved hinge mounted in connection therewithand in an extended position' Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 3- 3of Fig. 2

Fig.,4 aiartial section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1; an

Fig. 5 a partial section on the line 5 5 of Fi 3. l 1

lgn the drawings I have indicated at 10 a part of a door frame or otherstationaryv support, and at 11 a part of a door or swinging member, andmy improved hinge c on- 1 struction12 is adapted to be mounted inconnection with the door frame 10 and'door 11 as. hereinafter set out. I

-The-hinge 12 comprises two cylindrical vpassed into holes 1 5 and 16drilled in the adjacent side faces of the door frame 10 and door 11, andsaid cylindrical hinge butts are held in other attaching devices 17passed angularly through the opposite sides of the butts 13 and 14 andinto the door 10 and door frame 11, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5of the drawings.

Each of the hinge butts 13 and 14 are provided with apertures 18 whichextend ongitudiiially through the butts, and the top and bottom walls ofsaid apertures are provided with elongated grooves or recesses 19, andpivotally mounted within the apertures 18 of the hinge butts 13 and 14as shown at 20 are links 21 and-22, the links 21 being pivoted withinthe butt 14, and in the construction shown two links 21 are position bynails, screws or employed and two links 22, but it will be pin 25 ispassed through the liiiks 21-22 where the arms 23 and 24 join, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, and the arms 24 of the links 21 and 22are provided with offset portions 26 through which pins 27 pass, saidpins extend beyond said links into the groove or recesses 19 in whichthey are adapted to operate to guide the movement of the links 21 and22. A

The pivot pins at 20 in the separate links are preferably of theconstruction shown in detail in Fig. 5 of the drawings, said pivot pinsbeing headed at one end as shown at 28 and provided at theother end withhookshaped lingers 29 which rest in recessed portions in the outer facesof the hinge butts 13 and 14, and said hook-shaped portions serve toretain the pins in proper position as well as to reinforce andstrengthen the same as well as the bodyr of the hinge butts. I It willbe noted that the distinctive feature of the invention consists inproviding hinge butts, the outer faces of which, or the general form ofwhich, 'are similar or clearly which were either chiseled into the doorand door frame or machined therein, or stamped or molded therein,depending upon the material of which the door and door frame wasconstructed, but in all such cases the diiiculty arises in the properformation of the recesses to receive the hinge buttsas well as theproper alinement of the door by locating or forming said recessesproperly, but with my improved construction all that is necessary is tofix upon the door and door frame a center ,and to drill, bore orotherwise form a cylindrical hole therein,

the axis or center of which will be regulated by said centers, and whileI have shown in the accompanying drawings hinge butts which are composedof solid material or metal and are fashioned to the desired form bmachining, die-casting or otherwise. t will be understood that saidhinge butts may be formed in any desired manner and it must be alsoborne in mind that am not necessarily limited to the specific form,construction and arrangement of the invisible hinge elements of thehinge herein shown and described, namely, the links 21 and 22, andvarious other changes in and modifications of the construction may bemade, Within the scope of the appended claims, without departing fromthe spirit of m invention or sacrificing its advantages.

aving fully described my invention,

Vwhat l claim as new and desire to secure byl Letters Patent, is f 1. Aninvisible hinge of the class described the butts of which arecylindrical in form to facilitate their mounting in a stationary supportand swinging member.

2. An invisible hinge of the class described comprising movablyconnected hinge butts, said hinge butts being cylindrical in formwhereby they may be mounted in holes or recesses of similar form in astationary support and swinging member.

3. An invisible hinge of the class described comprising movablyconnected hinge butts, said hinge butts being cylindrical in formwhereby they may be mounted in holes or recesses of similar form .in astationary support and swinging member, and means for securing saidhinge butts in their supports.

4. An invisible hinge of the class described, oomprising cylindricalhinge butts adapted to be mounted in correspondingly -formed bores orrecesses in a stationary supbutts when the swinging member is in itsclosed position.

5. An invisible hinge of the class described, comprising cylindricalhinge butts adapted to be mounted in correspondingly formed boresor'recesses in a stationary support and swin ing member, hinge elementsconnecting said hinge butts and adapted to be contained within saidhinge butts when the swinging member is in its closed position, andmeans passed through said hinge butts and into thev stationary supportand swinging member for securing said hinge butts in position. 6. Aninvisible hinge of the class described for mounting a swinging memberand stationary support, said swinging member and stationary supportbeing provided with cylindrical bores or recesses, the hinge beinprovided with butts of approximately cyn rical form and adapted to beplaced in the bores or recesses of said stationai? support and swingingmember, means or securing said hinge butts in position, and hingeelements mounted in connection with the separate hinge butts forconnecting the same with one another. l v

7. An invisible hinge of the class described comprising butts ofapproximately cylindrical formation and provided with apertures, linkspivotally mounted in connection with said butts and movable in the.apertures thereof, said links being pivoted' together, and means forguidiny the links pivoted to one hinge butt in t e other of said hingebutts.

8. An invisible hingeof the class described comprising butts ofapproximatel cylindrical formation and provided apertures, linksivotally mounted in connection with sai butts and movable in theapertures thereof, said links being ivoted together, means for guidinthe' lin, pivoted to one hinge butt in te other of said hinge butts, andmeans whereby said hinge butts may be mounted in connection withsuitable supports.

9. An invisible hinge of the class described comprising butts ofapproximately cylindrical formation and provided with apertures, linkspivotally mQllnted in connection with said butts and movable in theapertures thereof, said .links being substantially L-shaped in form andbeing pivoted together, and means for guiding the free lend portions ofsaid links in the separate butts of the hinge.

10. An invisible hinge of the class described comprising butts ofapproximately cylindrical formation and provided with apertures, linkspivotally mounted in GQ11- -nection with said butts and movable in theapertures thereof, said links being substantially L-shaped in form andbeing pivoted together, the Walls of the apertures of said hinge buttsbeing provided with grooves, and pins passed throu h the free end portions of said links an adapted to operate v in said grooves forguiding said links in said hinge butts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 as my invention I have signedmy name this 18th day of November, 1921.

JOSEPH SOSS.

